Hebrews 6:13

Geneva Bible (1560)

For when God made the promise to Abraham, because he had no greater to sweare by, he sware by himselfe,

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  • Luke 1:73 : 73 And the othe which he sware to our father Abraham.
  • Gen 22:15-18 : 15 And the Angel of the Lorde cryed vnto Abraham from heauen the second time, 16 And saide, By my selfe haue I sworne (saith ye Lord) because thou hast done this thing, and hast not spared thine onely sonne, 17 Therefore will I surely blesse thee, and will greatly multiplie thy seede, as the starres of the heauen, and as the sand which is vpon the sea shore, and thy seede shall possesse the gate of his enemies. 18 And in thy seede shall all the nations of the earth be blessed, because thou hast obeyed my voyce.
  • Ps 105:9-9 : 9 Euen that which he made with Abraham, and his othe vnto Izhak: 10 And since hath confirmed it to Iaakob for a lawe, and to Israel for an euerlasting couenant,
  • Isa 45:23 : 23 I haue sworne by my selfe: the worde is gone out of my mouth in righteousnesse, and shall not returne, That euery knee shall bowe vnto me, and euery tongue shall sweare by me.
  • Jer 22:5 : 5 But if ye will not heare these wordes, I sweare by my selfe, saith the Lorde, that this House shalbe waste.
  • Jer 49:13 : 13 For I haue sworne by my selfe, sayeth the Lord, that Bozrah shall be waste, and for a reproche, and a desolation, and a curse, and all the cities thereof shall be perpetuall desolations.
  • Ezek 32:13 : 13 I will destroy also all the beastes thereof from the great watersides, neither shall the foote of man trouble them any more, nor the hooues of beast trouble them.
  • Mic 7:20 : 20 Thou wilt perfourme thy trueth to Iaakob, and mercie to Abraham, as thou hast sworne vnto our fathers in olde time.
  • Heb 6:16-18 : 16 For men verely sweare by him that is greater then themselues, and an othe for confirmation is among them an ende of all strife. 17 So God, willing more aboundantly to shew vnto the heires of promes the stablenes of his counsell, bound himselfe by an othe, 18 That by two immutable things, wherein it is vnpossible that God should lye, we might haue strong consolation, which haue our refuge to lay holde vpon that hope that is set before vs,

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Heb 6:14-18
    5 verses
    81%

    14Saying, Surely I wil aboundantly blesse thee and multiplie thee marueilously.

    15And so after that he had taried patiently, he enioyed the promes.

    16For men verely sweare by him that is greater then themselues, and an othe for confirmation is among them an ende of all strife.

    17So God, willing more aboundantly to shew vnto the heires of promes the stablenes of his counsell, bound himselfe by an othe,

    18That by two immutable things, wherein it is vnpossible that God should lye, we might haue strong consolation, which haue our refuge to lay holde vpon that hope that is set before vs,

  • Gen 22:16
    79%

    16And saide, By my selfe haue I sworne (saith ye Lord) because thou hast done this thing, and hast not spared thine onely sonne,

  • Luke 1:73
    78%

    73And the othe which he sware to our father Abraham.

  • 1 Chr 16:16-17
    2 verses
    77%

    16Which he made with Abraham, and his othe to Izhak:

    17And hath confirmed it to Iaakob for a Law, & to Israel for an euerlasting couenant,

  • Ps 105:9
    76%

    9Euen that which he made with Abraham, and his othe vnto Izhak:

  • Gen 21:23-24
    2 verses
    76%

    23Nowe therefore sweare vnto me here by God, that thou wilt not hurt me, nor my children, nor my childrens children: thou shalt deale with me, and with the countrey, where thou hast bene a stranger, according vnto the kindnesse that I haue shewed thee.

    24Then Abraham said, I will sweare.

  • Heb 11:17-18
    2 verses
    75%

    17By faith Abraham offered vp Isaac, when he was tryed, and he that had receiued the promises, offered his onely begotten sonne.

    18(To whom it was said, In Isaac shall thy seede be called.)

  • Gal 3:15-18
    4 verses
    74%

    15Brethren, I speake as men do: though it be but a mans couenant, when it is confirmed, yet no man doeth abrogate it, or addeth any thing thereto.

    16Nowe to Abraham and his seede were the promises made. Hee saith not, And to the seedes, as speaking of many: but, And to thy seede, as of one, which is Christ.

    17And this I say, that the couenant that was confirmed afore of God in respect of Christ, the Lawe which was foure hundreth and thirtie yeeres after, can not disanull, that it shoulde make the promise of none effect.

    18For if the inheritance be of the Lawe, it is no more by the promise, but God gaue it freely vnto Abraham by promise.

  • Heb 7:6
    72%

    6But he whose kindred is not couted among them, receiued tithes of Abraham, and blessed him that had the promises.

  • Heb 6:12
    72%

    12That ye be not slouthfull, but followers of them, which through faith and patience, inherite the promises.

  • Heb 7:20
    72%

    20And for as much as it is not without an othe (for these are made Priestes without an othe:

  • Heb 11:8-9
    2 verses
    71%

    8By faith Abraham, when he was called, obeyed God, to goe out into a place, which hee should afterward receiue for inheritance, and he went out, not knowing whither he went.

    9By faith he abode in the land of promes, as in a strange countrey, as one that dwelt in tents with Isaac and Iacob heires with him of the same promes.

  • Deut 29:13
    71%

    13For to establish thee this day a people vnto him selfe, and that he may be vnto thee a God, as he hath said vnto thee, and as he hath sworne vnto thy fathers, Abraham, Izhak, and Iaakob.

  • Heb 11:11
    71%

    11Through faith Sara also receiued strength to conceiue seede, and was deliuered of a childe when she was past age, because she iudged him faithfull which had promised.

  • Gen 26:3
    71%

    3Dwell in this lande, and I will be with thee, and will blesse thee: for to thee, and to thy seede I will giue all these countreys: and I will performe the othe which I sware vnto Abraham thy father.

  • Gen 24:9
    71%

    9Then the seruant put his hand vnder the thigh of Abraham his master, and sware to him for this matter.

  • Gal 3:6
    71%

    6Yea rather as Abraham beleeued God, and it was imputed to him for righteousnes.

  • Gen 17:9
    71%

    9Againe God said vnto Abraham, Thou also shalt keepe my couenant, thou, and thy seede after thee in their generations.

  • Rom 4:13
    70%

    13For the promise that he should be the heire of the worlde, was not giuen to Abraham, or to his seede, through the Lawe, but through the righteousnesse of faith.

  • Rom 4:20-21
    2 verses
    70%

    20Neither did he doubt of the promise of God through vnbeliefe, but was strengthened in the faith, and gaue glorie to God,

    21Being fully assured that he which had promised, was also able to doe it.

  • Ps 105:42
    70%

    42For he remembred his holy promes to Abraham his seruant,

  • Acts 7:17
    70%

    17But when the time of the promes drewe neere, which God had sworne to Abraham, the people grewe and multiplied in Egypt,

  • Exod 32:13
    70%

    13Remember Abraham, Izhak, and Israel thy seruants, to whom thou swarest by thine owne selfe, and saydest vnto them, I wil multiply your seede, as the starres of the heauen, & all this land, that I haue spoken of, wil I giue vnto your seede, and they shal inherit it for euer.

  • Gen 26:5
    70%

    5Because that Abraham obeyed my voyce and kept mine ordinance, my commandements, my statutes, and my Lawes.

  • Gen 24:3
    70%

    3And I will make thee sweare by ye Lorde God of the heauen, and God of the earth, that thou shalt not take a wife vnto my sonne of the daughters of the Canaanites among who I dwel.

  • Gen 17:2
    70%

    2And I will make my couenant betweene me and thee, & I will multiplie thee exceedingly.

  • Gen 31:53
    70%

    53The God of Abraham, and the God of Nabor, and the God of their father be iudge betweene vs: But Iaakob sware by the feare of his father Izhak.

  • Gen 17:19
    70%

    19Then God saide, Sarah thy wife shall beare thee a sonne in deede, and thou shalt call his name Izhak: and I will establish my couenant with him for an euerlasting couenant, and with his seede after him.

  • Gen 15:6
    69%

    6And Abram beleeued the Lorde, and he counted that to him for righteousnesse.

  • Deut 6:13
    69%

    13Thou shalt feare the Lorde thy God, and serue him, and shalt sweare by his Name.

  • Rom 9:9
    69%

    9For this is a worde of promes, In this same time wil I come, and Sara shall haue a sonne.

  • Gen 18:18
    69%

    18Seeing that Abraham shalbe in deede a great and a mightie nation, and all the nations of the earth shalbe blessed in him?

  • Rev 10:6
    69%

    6And sware by him that liueth for euermore, which created heauen, and the thinges that therein are, and the earth, and the things that therein are, and the sea, and the thinges that therein are, that time should be no more.

  • Acts 7:5
    69%

    5And hee gaue him none inheritance in it, no, not the bredth of a foote: yet he promised that he would giue it to him for a possession, and to his seede after him, when as yet hee had no childe.

  • Gal 3:9
    69%

    9So then they which be of faith, are blessed with faithfull Abraham.

  • Exod 6:4
    69%

    4Furthermore as I made my couenant with them to giue them ye land of Canaan, the land of their pilgrimage, wherein they were strangers:

  • Rom 4:16
    69%

    16Therefore it is by faith, that it might come by grace, and the promise might be sure to all the seede, not to that onely which is of the Lawe: but also to that which is of the faith of Abraham, who is the father of vs all,